
While you're at it, you may have missed that Plex finally added 2FA support a couple of months ago. I've usually been updating whenever I get a notification but there are also scripts out there that can do it automatically. The plex web interface will notify you of new versions, but I know some people dismiss the notification or ignore it. Also you may be missing out on some of the newer features (especially if you have plex pass) like the skip intro for TV shows. The combination of centralized library management, streaming of online content, and powerful transcoding functionality provides an unrivaled level of flexibility and ease of use. On the main page, select one of your libraries from the left hand navigation pane, as seen below, like your TV Shows library. Plex Media Server seamlessly connects your Plex clients with all of your local and online media. I think there may have been some other security updates over the last year as well. To manually update your Plex library, log into the web control panel for your Plex Media Server. Apparently there's about 40k vulnerable servers out in the wild. It appears that versions prior to 1.21 can be exploited for DDOS attacks in some situations. It will give you a warning about it not being verified but it's safe to install. Click the Manual Install button within package center to upload the file and update it. The current version available from Synology (1.) is about a year out of date. I am mainly looking for Answers that suggest solutions to get the auto-updater working, rather than me manually downloading and installing the update from the Plex website.Plex Media Server rarely gets updated in the package center. Name is VERSION (left side of the new row) Value is latest (right side of the new row) Scroll up a little and click the Deploy the Container button, and then click replace. Logs are available, but I'm not sure what I should be looking for. At the bottom of your Environment Variables, a new row will appear. Plex forum topics are shut down after 90 days of inactivity, and I cannot find any actual solution or explanations for this Plex Updater failure. This seems to be a common issue, discussed often on the Plex forums: In my case the bad update is Version 1., but this seems to be a recurring issue for multiple other versions as well. Very annoying to try to watch media only to find that the Plex server is not running. The automatic update feature is hitting this same problem, and thus regularly quits my Plex server and never restarts it. to manually update your plex library, log into the web control panel for your plex media server. It alerts me again to "Download Updates" and "Install Update" - but the update never works. i have plex media server running & it is on v 1. When I manually open Plex again, it boots up immediately as if nothing happened. The server "Plex" is installing an update Plex immediately quits, and the spinner says that the update is installing: I want to update Plex via the "Install Update" button within General settings:
